• DOI:10.1353/rap.2005.0078
Corpus ID: 201795757

Killing Emmett

@article{Houck2005KillingE,
  title={Killing Emmett},
  author={D. Houck},
  journal={Rhetoric & Public Affairs},
  year={2005},
  volume={8},
  pages={225 - 262}
}

D. Houck

Published 2005

Rhetoric & Public Affairs

Mississippi newspapers were fundamental to creating a climate of public opinion that enabled Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam to go free in the trial of Emmett Till. Using newspaper stories, photographs, letters to the editor, and editorials from nine different Mississippi newspapers, I argue that themes of race, gender, class, and sexuality are pivotal to understanding the construction of key players in the trial. In addition, published comments by Roy Wilkins of the NAACP and Till's mother, Mamie… CONTINUE READING

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